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Family of accused gunman speaks

Deputies said a man ambushed and killed his girlfriend, her parents and two of her nephews because of a dispute over custody of the couple's baby.

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Updated: 12:14 AM EDT Oct 31, 2013

Family of accused gunman speaks

Deputies said a man ambushed and killed his girlfriend, her parents and two of her nephews because of a dispute over custody of the couple's baby.

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Updated: 12:14 AM EDT Oct 31, 2013

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WEBVTT AND FOR THE FAMILIES INVOLVED ... AND THE COMMUNITY OF GREENWOOD COUNTY ... THE HEALING PROCESS HAS JUST BEGUN. TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME...WE'RE HEARING FROM THE FAMILY OF THE ACCUSED GUNMAN. NEWS 4'S LIZ LOHUIS HAS THE STORY FROM GREENWOOD COUNTY. PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ARE GRIEVING THE 6 LIVES LOST DURING A MASSACRE INSIDE THIS GREENVILLE COUNTY HOME. <"sad, because that was my friend." SHERIFF TONY DAVIS SAYS BRYAN SWEATT KILLED TWO CHILDREN...HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND...AND HER PARENTS BEFORE TURNING THE GUN ON HIMSELF. <"it makes me kind of angry, really." DEPUTIES SAY SWEATT LET FOUR CHILDREN ESCAPE BEFORE HE OPENED FIRE... INCLUDING HIS 7-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER THAT HE SHARED WITH HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND... THOSE CHILDREN SHOWED UP ON A NEIGHBOR'S DOORSTEP. <"I got four kids at the door that say someone just killed their momma." WHY THOSE CHILDREN WERE SPARED...AND NOT THE OTHERS IS JUST ONE OF SWEATT'S FAMILY'S MANY QUESTIONS. SOT <"I don't know where he got the gun from. Where did he get the gun from?" SWEATT'S GRANDFATHER AND AUNT SAY SWEATT TOLD THEM HE WANTED CUSTODY OF HIS 7-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER. <"he was disturbed by the baby because he wanted to see that baby. Yes, he was facing time but he wanted to spend time with that baby before he did go do time" THEY SAY THEY'RE HEARTBROKEN FOR THE FAMILY... <"Bryan, I know in the long run he did what he should have never did " BUT SAY THEY TOO LOST SOMEONE IN THAT TRAGEDY. <"I feel sorry for that family down there and I pray for them, but we need people to pray for us because we're going through hard times too." THAT WAS LIZ LOUHIS REPORTING. AGAIN...THE VICTIM'S INCLUDE SWEATT'S EX-GIRLFRIEND...HER PARENTS...AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN. THE VICTIM'S RANGE FROM AGE 9 TO 51. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON AUTOPSY RESULTS...BUT IT APPEARS ALL THE VICTIM'S DIED FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

Family of accused gunman speaks

Deputies said a man ambushed and killed his girlfriend, her parents and two of her nephews because of a dispute over custody of the couple's baby.